not really hockey related, but yesterday all anyone here could talk about was Tim Thomas refusing to visit the White House. Who gives a shiitake if he doesn't want to visit Obama?

I do find it slightly badass, but I wish he had done it because he was uber left wing, and not conservative/libertarian/whatever.

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Did you watch the HBO Road to the Winter Classic series? Man, we loved it so much. It actually gave me things to like about both the NYR and Flyers and that is a new phenomenon for me. Bryzgalov was hilarious.

Oops, I missed the new posts. Yay! Welcome back!

I kind of respect the Tim Thomas thing. Even though I am obviously wont to hate the Bruins and everything about them--and who knows what Thomas' real intent was--he has every right to respectfully decline the White House dinner. And he was classy about his statement, which I imagine came from some PR help, but still. Whatevs.

We watched all but the last episode. The hubbie was a little too wounded to watch the Flyers lose on the show. But it was awesome to see the camera angles that close up! And the cursing behind the scenes! And the crazy asparagus goalie for the Flyers, oh man. He's on another level.

Bryzgalov is AWESOME. The filming was great. The thing I was most surprised about was the ridiculous coaching in the dressing room. I must have imagined that coaches were so much more...I dunno...articulate? helpful? than that. My boyfriend played in the minors and even he was surprised.

I think the Flyers coach was a tad more encouraging than the Rangers, but not by much. They get UPSET!

I am wondering if they are going to do the super bowl at some point, or something for the Olympics. The show was cool, but it would be better if it lasted longer. I want to see the last episode, gonna have to find some time when the hubbie isn't around so I can watch it!

It's really not too depressing! We were somehow rooting for the Flyers (what! Who am I? I used to hate the Flyers with a passion!) and didn't find it too crushing. Though if it were covering the Bruins/Canucks cup run last year I'd have been too much of a sap to watch it, so I understand.

I hope they skip the superbowl and the London Olympics and just opt to do the NHL again. It was crazy watching it so close to the actual events.

Hehe, the Flyers are a likeable organization to me! Come to the dark side!

They are definitely becoming one! 3-5 years ago they were just a bunch of bruisers.

I can't imagine how hard the HBO crew must have worked to bring those episodes out so quickly. We marathoned the whole thing a few weeks ago but even that was crazy--we couldn't believe the winter classic game had happened within a month of when we streamed the show.

What the forking fork! We traded Hodgson to Buffalo. For Kassian. Which, whatever, he's huge and we need that, but Hodgson is a STAR. /pissed. And we're screwed if Kesler or Henrik get injured in the playoffs.

I'm neutral on the Hurricanes, which means you won't get shit-talking from me. :)

So my insider info (my mum's boss is related to someone in the circle) says that Hodgson was arrogant and selfish and everyone is glad he's gone. So I guess I feel a bit better. Kassian seems like a good guy/strong winger. We got a gritty blue-liner too.

I'm so glad the Rangers didn't go through with the Nash deal. Dubinsky knows how close he was to leaving and he's already started to prove himself since the deadline. Losing Del Zotto and McDonagh would have also been the end of their run to the cup.

They came out strong and we came out slow (classic Canucks). Why I'm not worried: LA can't usually score, and Luongo was the sharpest player on our team. Also, I'm superstitious and I think winning the first game is bad luck, even though statistics would show otherwise.

V, 1. glad to hear you are still alive and well, I miss our hockey talkB. there have only been how many teams to come back from a 3-0 to win a series??? 3 Chances of either the nucks or pens being number 4??? 0It's gonna be a long off season for both of us...now I am going to jump off a bridge...-D